purplish
Speech parts
1. purplish - Adjective
2. purplish - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Somewhat purple.
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Fresh blood at midnight isn't red. It's a purplish black that easily blends into the shadows.
Fresh silver chloride, formed when silver objects are immersed for long periods in salt water, is pale yellow colored, becoming purplish on exposure to light and projects slightly from the surface of the artifact or coin.
Fainter bluish or purplish areas may be visible between the yellow brushes (see illustration).
"Ocumo" without the Chinese denomination is a tuber from the same family, but without taro's inside purplish color.
Florets that are dark green, purplish, or bluish contain more beta-carotene and vitamin C than paler or yellowing ones.
Tropaeolum brachyceras has convert yellow flowers with purplish markings on wiry, climbing stems.